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yes........and he's from Deustchland. milt

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0061705283 we need bidders like these....... milt

hahahhaha, sorry about that, Ole Boy, you know I ALWAYS appreciate you. milt

done..........Mr. Cheney is a very powerful man milt

you are basically asking me to tie down the prey so you can shoot it point blank. Only Mr. Cheney is into that sort of sport......... p.s. for 220 ( shipping included ), I am willing to kill that sucker for you........ milt

come on !! 125 opening bid and you ask for " special " ? You are a very cruel man. milt

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=001 I have this on e-Bay sale. Question..... what's the proper Japanese name for this chopsticks ? milt

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0256101077 make me a decent offer and i'll yank them out of Hades....... milt

Actually, the threesome may not be a impossibility , I am referring both the " social " ( :D ) AND the " martial " aspect. The samurai may have the " trisho " but didn't have to wear them all at one time......... just like he can have fun with the #1 and then command the maid to join in.......... or just the maid when the #1 is " indisposed " or vice versa. milt

since the moderator himself is guilty of I might as well suggest a Roman orgy , best thing that ever came out of Rome besides the pasta ( which i heard they copied from the Chinese ) and Lena Lolobrigida ( spelling ? old timers will know who i am referring to ). milt

seller sent me link to the charity tsuba. Looks like he bought the tsuba from ole po and now donate the tsuba for charity sale. http://picasaweb.google.com/katanachica ... ledAlbum32 p.s. I don't know the dude, never met and am not promoting anything.......use your own judgement. milt

I have sent a question to the seller about examining the sword in person. He replied that the sword is still in Japan and the auction will be over in matter of hours( as he described in the charity auction ? ) but he's willing to let me examine his other stuffs e.g. tsuba( I am a city boy from Chicago, 20 minutes drive from Evanston )........ so assuming in the good ole US of A ( despite the assults on our Constitutions based on homeland security sake )one is assumed innocent until proven guilty, I would rather still have certain faith and not surrender to fear. that's just me.......one has the freedom of choice ( I hope ) to still believe whatever turns one on. milt

" And since we're talking about security, if you're buying stuff on-line try to use the credit card/bank card one-time use credit card software (if they have it). You can generate a one-time use virtual card number that has limits on the amount and expires within a month. I did an on-line purchase once for some relatively inexpensive software from a company I'd never heard of. I used a "virtual" card with a limit. Someone tried to use that number the next day to buy an air plane ticket on Malaysian Airlines. Didn't work. " and that is very disturbing !! How many of us know that an actual company selling real products is actually running a scam to gather credit info !! ?? Thanks for the tip . milt

all very valid points here but in my particular case, would you really want to provide banking info to a buyer with zero feedback, previously unkown to you, just to receive a bank wire transfer of less than 100 USD ( now peso ) ? Just heeding Bush Sr.'s advice about being prudent. milt

we want you to suffer " too many watchers and not enough bidders " syndrome " typical for e-bay sellers. milt

you may need a RPG for that......... milt

oops, just cost Brian a few extra bucks if he really wants the koz.......... p.s. am willing to split the ko-gatana ( I keep should I win ) and the koz....... milt

" Milt, explain how you can be conned (as Eager Beaver I could be interested ) _________________ Jean " if that dude in Soc. Gen . managed to over-ride the security measures...ummm, I wouldn't put too much faith in a French ( note the capital letter ) bank. milt

As an occasional e-bay seller ( now habitual due to the great economic condition set by our ever so illustrious leadership in D.C. ), I do recall E-Bay runs charitable auctions where payments are directed to one's favorite charity. I may be running one of those and see how it works, eg. paypal payment directly sent to the Charity organisation ? or payment send to seller and up to his/her/it's honor to direct to the proper place....... But in the mean time, I recall my Dad used to joke about people having more than 4 kids. Kid # 2 assumede kid #3 took care of the ole man, while kid #4 assumed kid #2 did, so on and so forth. In the end, the ole man was alone with no care coming from any of the kids. One reason i have only one kid.......... milt

As occasional ( now habitual due to the great economic climate we are all enjoying with the strong Euro and all......... ) e-bay seller, one thing we have to be careful are those Newbie e-bay bidders. One dude with no prior buying record ( zero feedback ), upon wining my ko-gatana auction ( less than 100 US Peso ), wanted to pay with bank wire transfer ( even though my auction says cashire check/money order, paypal only ) and wanted my bank account info so he can pay immediately. Imagine that !! It's like answering the Nigerian plead for cooperation to share 145 millions United States Dollars ( now i heard they are sharing Euro ). Not saying he's out to scam me as he at least agreed to answer e-bay's enquiry about " withdrawing from sale " and I got my e-bay fee back, but still ................ Milt

" One more thing: If you don't like to suffer the PayPal fees (who does?), ask the buyer to make a PayPal via eCheck - the PayPal fee is only $5.00 doesn't matter the transaction amount. Fees for receiving eCheck payments will not exceed $5.00 USD per transaction. - Check Here: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/websc ... countries= " that's a viable idea, however, it may take additional days and we all know those buyers are eager beavers ( esp. the french who shall remain nameless ). So if off e-bay sales, work that paypal cut into the final price. If e-bay sale...... well, just " eat " the fee ( or one can always mark the buy it now price " higher " running the risk no one will buy it now ) p.s. I love fellow Americanos who settle the bill with money order milt

Barry, just eat the fee and stop bit$%#@&........why ? verbal agreement amounts to you said, he said. Next time if you are not willing to eat the paypal cut, then work that amount into the sale price ( and no need to itemize )and present that as the final bill. You may even work the shipping fee into the bill and then tell buyer he/she/it gets FREE shipping........... I won't do that personally but you may want to consider that Also you may want to establish a bank account based in USD ( aka us Peso ) in Canada like Chris, so you can avoid the currency transaction fee . From what i understand, paypal does not charge you for transfering $ from paypal balance to your own bank account ( I assume in USD ). milt

honestly there are too many to list........... I am still hoping for someone in Japan willing to buy me that Japanese artist index that comes out yearly. milt

I had a buyer who paid global priority rate and i shipped Air Express ( cost more than double ) and i gave him a positive feeback............. guess what ? I didn't get any feedback. May be i should be grateful i didn't get a negative for not gift wrapping it ( as Ole Po does ) milt

Well, honestly, Ford, it would be kind of difficult to expect it to be any other way. since this is MY thread, I can mug it up............... By chance, have you click on the Guardian U.K. pictures link I posted a few days back ? ( somewhere on last week in Edo thread about Camorant fishing in Gifu 0.............. specifically picture # 7 0r 11, but I think it's 7. milt